What is the Greatest Common Factor of 72839 and 72851?

Greatest common factor (GCF) of 72839 and 72851 is 1.

GCF(72839,72851) = 1

We will now calculate the prime factors of 72839 and 72851, than find the greatest common factor (greatest common divisor (gcd)) of the numbers by matching the biggest common factor of 72839 and 72851.

How to find the GCF of 72839 and 72851?

We will first find the prime factorization of 72839 and 72851. After we will calculate the factors of 72839 and 72851 and find the biggest common factor number .

Step-1: Prime Factorization of 72839

Prime factors of 72839 are 13, 431. Prime factorization of 72839 in exponential form is:

72839 = 13² × 431¹

Step-2: Prime Factorization of 72851

Prime factors of 72851 are 263, 277. Prime factorization of 72851 in exponential form is:

72851 = 263¹ × 277¹

Step-3: Factors of 72839

List of positive integer factors of 72839 that divides 72839 without a remainder.

1, 13, 169, 431, 5603

Step-4: Factors of 72851

List of positive integer factors of 72851 that divides 72839 without a remainder.

1, 263, 277

Final Step: Biggest Common Factor Number

We found the factors and prime factorization of 72839 and 72851. The biggest common factor number is the GCF number.
So the greatest common factor 72839 and 72851 is 1.

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